Anywho this will be Kimura Takuya's new drama in the Spring season of 2008!
Kimura Takuya plays an elementary school teacher who, due to some circumstances, gets involved in the world of politics and eventually becomes the Prime Minister of Japan - Tokyograph
Other exciting cast members will be Fukatsu Eri and Abe Hiroshi! I am super ecstatic about this drama! It sounds really interesting although I am not a big fan on politics.
This drama will begin airing on May 12 on Monday at the same time after Bara no nai Hanaya.
I loved them together in "A Million Stars Fall From the Sky" (even with the dark ending)~ So seeing them co-star in another drama is definitely something to look forward to~
Yeahhhhh! I´m so looking forward to this drama. at the moment there isn´t really one that interests me - RH Plus and 1 pondo no fukuin aren´t that bad but i´m really disappointed with honey and clover though it´s starring ikuta toma...
i´m a big fan of kimuras dramas and i also like fukatsu eri a lot.(a million stars falling from the sky-GREAT!)..so i hope this will be as good as the other kimutaku dramas, but i think theres no need to be worried ^-^
can´t wait to watch it!
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Pop star Madonna is now connected to one of Japan's biggest celebrities. It was announced on Sunday that she is providing the theme song for the upcoming Takuya Kimura drama series that will air on Fuji TV. This is reportedly the first time one of her songs will be used as the theme for a television series.
Production staff for the drama, titled "CHANGE," wanted a major international artist to do the theme song. Thinking they had nothing to lose, they made an offer last December to Madonna, who happened to be working on her new album, "Hard Candy." After hearing about the drama's story and seeing the staff's enthusiasm, she accepted the offer and created the ballad "Miles Away."
"CHANGE" stars Kimura as an elementary school teacher who gets thrown into the political arena and winds up becoming the Prime Minister of Japan. Eri Fukatsu co-stars as his secretary. Other cast members include Hiroshi Abe as Kimura's election planner, Rosa Kato as a campaign assistant, and Akira Terao as the ruling party's general council chairman.
though I hope I don't come off sounding like I'm complaining if I was to say that I was actually hoping for a theme song by SMAP ^^;; but this is great, too. Now I really can't wait until "CHANGE" airs!
I have high expectations for this drama... But I admit, some of the actors I wanted didn't get cast in this drama. Like Kato Rosa, who *makes face* cannot act in my opinion. Her eyes are so emotionless. >____<" I hope she can prove herself in this one.
But since other actors didn't get cast, I hope there will be some guest appearances throughout this drama.
Another Future hit drama of Kimura Takuya after playing the executive managing director of a steel firm in Karei Naru Ichizoku , playing a prime minister is the best for his image ! i really look forward that new drama ! they are working so hard on it !! \o/ let's encourage them !!
Madonna will be singing the theme song -_-' i would prefer a japanese song instead
temariatra wrote:lol people keep send links to conference videos cm we are so desperate to watch that new drama aren't we ??? xD
pics of CHANGE !!
temariatra, thank you for the pics, but where are the pics of Kimutaku you posted before? They were so nice. Is it possible to post them in his thread?
temariatra wrote:lol people keep send links to conference videos cm we are so desperate to watch that new drama aren't we ??? xD
pics of CHANGE !!
temariatra, thank you for the pics, but where are the pics of Kimutaku you posted before? They were so nice. Is it possible to post them in his thread?
sorry i removed them coz i knew that it's not the right place to post them =P !! i was looking for the Kimura thread to post them ! !! i'll add all what i have
temariatra wrote:lol people keep send links to conference videos cm we are so desperate to watch that new drama aren't we ??? xD
pics of CHANGE !!
temariatra, thank you for the pics, but where are the pics of Kimutaku you posted before? They were so nice. Is it possible to post them in his thread?
sorry i removed them coz i knew that it's not the right place to post them =P !! i was looking for the Kimura thread to post them ! !! i'll add all what i have
That would be great. Thanks. Looking forward to the pics.
knuts wrote:
temariatra, thank you for the pics, but where are the pics of Kimutaku you posted before? They were so nice. Is it possible to post them in his thread?
sorry i removed them coz i knew that it's not the right place to post them =P !! i was looking for the Kimura thread to post them ! !! i'll add all what i have
That would be great. Thanks. Looking forward to the pics.
Is he going to have the frizzy red hair and all that in the dorama? Well, I'll take what I can get. I love Fukatsu Eri and IMO Sora Kara really proved that Kimura is a great great great actor and not just a pretty face.
Am a big fan of KimuTaku also. Yay another drama. I haven't finished his recent one Karei Naru Ichizoku yet. But I'm already anticipating for his newest drama. Haha such a die hard fan. He is the reason I fell in love with Jdoramas. Any roles he takes on will blow you away. He just matches his characters so well even though they're all so different.
Just watched ep1.
All I can say is the big cast of veteran actors prolly gonna make this worth watching.
Kimutaku, for one, came out quite refreshing with his mild-introvert character and explosive "tenpa" look.
However, seeing how the "down-to-earth" politician wins the 1st round, I hope the plot doesn't become too predictable.
chokubi wrote:Just watched ep1.
All I can say is the big cast of veteran actors prolly gonna make this worth watching.
Kimutaku, for one, came out quite refreshing with his mild-introvert character and explosive "tenpa" look.
However, seeing how the "down-to-earth" politician wins the 1st round, I hope the plot doesn't become too predictable.
chokubi wrote:Just watched ep1.
All I can say is the big cast of veteran actors prolly gonna make this worth watching.
Kimutaku, for one, came out quite refreshing with his mild-introvert character and explosive "tenpa" look.
However, seeing how the "down-to-earth" politician wins the 1st round, I hope the plot doesn't become too predictable.
PS:
Loved the ED.
sorry, but what is "ED"?
i think ED refers to the ending song for the drama correct me if i'm wrong
They aren't ready yet. Massuki has taken the project, check their site: www.massuki.com to see the subtitle progress (just title & raw adquisition yet)
I thought the first episode was quite good. The big names all acted well as expected, and Fukatsu Eri and Kato Rosa were pretty cute. And though I didn't understand all of the political stuff, the story is still pretty interesting and I'll probably continue watching the next few episodes.
Can't get used to seeing Kimura with the bed head though. Somehow it reminds me of DJ Ozma.
Could be the 10 sec after the ED, where Madonna was like didn't know what to do next. The raw I put up had that 10 seconds. Other versions of the raw didn't have that 10 second bit.
thank you very much for the softsub of episode 1. i'm a new fan of kimura takuya. i only knew him recently. episode 1 is ok i hope they will develop the story into great one.
I just watched the first ep. I liked it. I thought had the right amount of humour in it. It reminded me a little fo the West Wing.
And that snippet of Madonna watching it ... she looked liked she just didn't care. The song was good though and I liked the end credits. Everybody looked really nice in their photos.
I've enjoyed the first two episodes so far. Big fan of Abe so seeing him in the series is great hope he gets more involved and probably will once Kimura's character gets involve in the race for Prime Minister. Eventhough I'm not a fan of Madonna's music the ED music fits well for the series hell the lyrics also fits well for the series lol.
Thank you very much vietchemist for providing the megaupload links. i can only download direct download links you see therefore i really appreciate it. thank you once again.